Divine Command Theory mindmap
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- Created on: 02-01-18 17:54
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- Divine Command Theory
- Euthyphro's dilemma
- Socrates
- 'Is the holy approved by the Gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is approved?'
- The arbitrariness problem: if something is good because God wills it good, then can God will to be good something that we may consider evil?
- God has established eternal, objective principles of morality
- There is an objective standard for ethics which originates with God
- Right and wrong are objective truths based on God's will
- Robert Adams' Modified DCT
- Because morality is grounded in the character of God, then God's commands are rooted in God's character
- Morality reflects the omnibenevolent nature of God
- Morality cannot be arbitrary because it is grounded in the unchanging nature of God
- Challenges
- Is morality arbitrary?
- If God decides what is good then does this suggest God does this because they are right and good independent of God?
- Does traditional DCT suggest that morality is external to God?
- Does it cause discrimination against minorities?
- Euthyphro's dilemma
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